Consider the following statements about types of democracies:
- Deliberative democracy emphasizes public reasoning and consensus building through dialogue among citizens.
- Competitive electoral democracy focuses on competition among political parties during periodic elections.
- Participatory democracy promotes direct decision making by citizens rather than elected representatives.
- Consociational democracy is based on guaranteeing group rights through mechanisms like proportional representation.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1
1 and 2 only
2
2 and 3 only
3
1, 3 and 4 only
4
1, 2, 3 and 4